"The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, culture. It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing art to defend their collapsing culture."

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Source : George Grosz, Heartfield, Wieland Herzfelde (1987). “Art Is in Danger”

George Grosz

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“As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.”

Source : Jean Ferris (2016). “The Tales of Marigold Three Books in One!: Once Upon a Marigold, Twice Upon a Marigold, Thrice Upon a Marigold”, p.138, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Science is concerned with what is possible while engineering is concerned with choosing, from among the many possible ways, one that meets a number of often poorly stated economic and practical objectives.”
“In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first.”
“Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter's deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, warmth itself. The leaves as they spark into wild color just before they die are the world's oldest performance art, and everything we see is celebrating one last violently hued hurrah before the black and white silence of winter.”
“You're gonna get thrown curve balls left and right, and that's just the way it goes.”
“I've always loved a challenge.”

Source : Lana Turner (1982). “Lana--the lady, the legend, the truth”, Dutton Adult
“There's no perfect [date]. There's no agenda which has to be fulfilled. So really it's about the company and how well you get along.”
“A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.”

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